PATERSON, NJ – The New Jersey Community Development Corporation’s (NJCDC) efforts to rehabilitate a long-derelict downtown church got a $750,000 boost via a grant from the New Jersey Historic Preservation Trust last month. The announcement came as part of a total of more than $10 million awarded to 50 preservation planning, heritage tourism, and capital projects to save and promote historic sites throughout New Jersey.
“NJCDC is honored to have received this funding—the maximum possible grant award—from the Historic Trust,” said NJCDC CEO Bob Guarasci. “We are enormously grateful for the state’s commitment to building a better and brighter Paterson for those who live, work, and visit here.” The expansive project will convert one of the oldest churches in Paterson into a youth performing arts center, as well as a facility that will host a variety of youth activities—such as…
